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PPSU Others (aviation, before 2015, but since then many
9% military, sanitary) Medical fi rms have entered the market. How-
18% technology
24% ever, immature technologies led to un-
Mechanical
PSU engineering stable quality and low operating rates.
36% 15% Domestic production mainly served-
PESU low-end applications such as house-
28%
hold electronic accessories, whereas
most demand from high-end markets
(e.g. medical treatment, automobiles
and water treatment) were served by
Electrical & Vehicle imports.
PE Electronics Household/food construction
27% 12% technology 18%
13% In 2020, China is estimated to
Fig. 1: Share of global consumption of high- Fig. 2: Share of global consumption of high- have about 12,600-tpa of polysulfones
temperature thermoplastics, 2012 temperature thermoplastics by application, 2012 manufacturing capacity (Table 3).
Table 3: Capacity for polysulfones in 2020 in China(5) In Q2 2024, China’s capacity for
Company Location Capacity polysulfones is estimated to have
reached 38,000-tpa(4).
Guangdong Youju Advanced New Guangdong 6,000
Materials Co., Ltd. New polysulfone projects will
Shandong Jinlan Special Polymer Co., Ltd. Shandong 3,000 mainly be located in the USA and
Shandong Horan Special Plastics Co., Ltd. Shandong 2,800 China in the next three years. Syensqo
Changchun Jida Special Plastics Engineering Jilin 500 plans to increase polysulfone capacity
of its Marietta production base in Ohio
Research Co., Ltd. by more than 25% in 2024. Meanwhile,
Others 300 several Chinese producers also put for-
Total 12,600 ward proposed projects, and China’s
polysulfone capacity is projected to
3,000-tpa each, located in Ichihara City Chemical Market Insights(3), globally, grow by 37,500-tpa in the next three
and Niihama, Japan. production capacity for sulfone polymers years.
is currently around 130,000-tpa.
In 2021, the global capacity sulfone Indian market
polymers was about 80,000-tpa(2). China’s polysulfones industry The Indian market for sulfone
According to an analysis by China China had no polysulfones production polymers is still small and estimated
Table 4: China proposed polysulfones projects
Enterprise Capacity Time

Shanxi Huda Special Plastics New Material Technology 10,000 End-2024
Nanjing Qingyan Polymer New Material 10,000 Mid-2024
Zhuhai Kingfa Biomaterials 6,000 Mid-2024
Shandong Aolong New Materials 5,000 2025

Jiangxi Brother Polymer Materials 3,000 2025
Wanhua Chemical Group 1,500 Mid-2024
Shandong Orient Hongye New Material Technology 1,000 2024

Zhejiang Pfl uon New Materials 1,000 Mid-2024
Total 37,500

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